Comments on: First Pitch: Reviewing the Pre-Season Over/Undershttp://www.piratesprospects.com/2012/10/first-pitch-reviewing-the-pre-season-overunders.html
Your best source for news on the Pittsburgh Pirates and their minor league system.Sat, 10 Dec 2016 02:15:21 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: azibuckhttp://www.piratesprospects.com/2012/10/first-pitch-reviewing-the-pre-season-overunders.html#comment-21144
Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:42:00 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=42778#comment-21144>His overall numbers were in the Carlos Pena/Mark Reynolds range, but I
think that people were expecting much worse than that at the start of
the year,

And that’s what we got. On June 15 he was hitting .189/.254/.373.

I was one of the ones that thought he should start the year in AAA. In hindsight, I think we ended up in about the same place we would have if we did send him down. I don’t think it was facing MLB pitching that brought progress, it was working through things mechanically. I don’t think that happens often at the MLB level, so I will tip my cap to Pedro, and probably Ritchie and Hurdle as well, such as they were his hitting coaches. And maybe he wouldn’t have gotten that kind of guidance in AAA.

So I’m still not sure you were right, but you weren’t wrong.

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Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:43:00 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=42778#comment-21133Did anyone look at the comment on Pedro poll question? I thought that was pretty funny.
]]>By: Ian Rothermundhttp://www.piratesprospects.com/2012/10/first-pitch-reviewing-the-pre-season-overunders.html#comment-21122
Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:47:00 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=42778#comment-21122An out is an out is an out. I think his plate patience and discipline is slowly improving as well. He’ll probably always have an above average K rate…but I think there’s a decent shot of him avoiding more K’s in particular situations like chasing pitches out of the zone, etc.
]]>By: buccotime57http://www.piratesprospects.com/2012/10/first-pitch-reviewing-the-pre-season-overunders.html#comment-21121
Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:50:00 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=42778#comment-21121Oakland lead the league with the most SO(1387) and they did pretty good number 4 was washington (1325) also did pretty well….Oakland also grounded into the second fewest DPs (97)…davey johnson of the nats stated he is encouraging his batters to try to turn on more inside fastballs which has increased their SO and SLG
]]>By: piratemikehttp://www.piratesprospects.com/2012/10/first-pitch-reviewing-the-pre-season-overunders.html#comment-21119
Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:17:00 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=42778#comment-21119And dying from a heart attack is better than termininal cancer.
]]>By: buccotime57http://www.piratesprospects.com/2012/10/first-pitch-reviewing-the-pre-season-overunders.html#comment-21113
Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:50:00 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=42778#comment-21113Ks are not the worst thing for a HR hitter….he does though need to walk more and increase his OBP
]]>By: piratemikehttp://www.piratesprospects.com/2012/10/first-pitch-reviewing-the-pre-season-overunders.html#comment-21109
Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:43:00 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=42778#comment-21109To say Alvarez was ” a bit streaky ” is a huge understatment.
If I was told what HR number Pedro would end up with I would have been happy but it ended up for me the most unsatisfying 30 I ever experienced.
I just hope that in the future he becomes more consistant and cuts those K’s in half.
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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:52:00 +0000http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=42778#comment-21100Very ‘neat’ article.
Thx!
Foo
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